Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Edmiston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 10, 1993No. 30 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Following a non-jury trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County, the appellant, Stephen Rex Edmiston, was convicted of murder of the first degree, rape, statutory rape, and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a two-year-old female child. A sentencing jury concluded that a sentence of death was appropriate. The Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County imposed the death sentence in addition to a consecutive sentence of 10 to 20 years for rape, a consecutive sentence of 10 to 20 years for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and a…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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3Cited by186 opinions
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